Book Review: Dinosaurus
I was recently contacted by someone from Smithsonian Books to see if I’d be interested in doing a review of a book that’s coming out soon, Dinosaurus by Rhys Charles. I responded that I was happy to, but my review...
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Rate My Dino 5: Paris Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie Comparée
The other thing besides birding that I always make sure to do when I travel is to hit up the local natural history museum. In Paris, that’s the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie Comparée located on the eastern end of...
Dinosaur Photography #14: Birds of France
I recently went to France for the first time. You know the drill–here are the birds!
Prehistoric Beast Profile #6: All the Permian Synapsids
As a final installment in my comprehensive prehistoric world maps, I present the world of the end-Permian, right before the most terrible extinction the world has ever seen. The configuration of continents during the Permian period was much the same...
Pregnancy Brain: What You Should Know Before You Sign Up
The last time I discussed pregnancy on the blog, I focused almost entirely on various strange phenomena that occur in non-human animals who give live birth. This time, I’m focusing on the way one phenomenon occurs in humans: “pregnancy brain”....